A [link=http://boards.theforce.net/niagara_on/b10319/27099990/p1/?5]disussion thread[/link] was started yesterday over on the YJN boards to gauge how many marchers would be interested in particpating in the Grape & Wine Parade again this year. It will be Sat Sept 29th.

The application/submission deadline is August 7th.

Personally, I am on the fence as I've tentatively committed to the Autism walk here in Henrietta that same day. But, I wanted folks to be aware that discussion is taking place for a parade that many of us have participated in the past couple years.

I am ussually in on this one , it being my gate way to joining RL and really getting into the costume thing, but I will have to wait and see closer to the date. I am 50 / 50 on it right now. Do you need a passport to drive into Canada or is that still only if you fly?

As discussed at our meeting today here is the thread on YJN's boards about this event.
http://boards.theforce.net/niagara_on/b10319/27099990/p1/?25
And specifically, here is the feedback from the parade committee:

Yebbed-Crage said:

Some issues were said to me that must be said to all who want to participate in the parade this year.

After looking at the tape from last years? parade, the parade committee has said a few things that I will list here:
Â· They are aiming to have the Grape & Wine Parade to be as spectacular as the Macy?s Parade and therefore are stepping up the protocol.
Â· They want the group to step up the costumes, not to be thrown together at last minute.
Â· They want the group to be ?tighter? when walking. We often start off in lines when we start off the parade, but as the parade goes on, we start to be more lax in keeping in formation. They want us to be more conscious of that and stay in formation. We also should keep like characters together, for instance, keep all the princesses together.
Â· The lady said that we are on probation and this is our last chance. We were close to being cut already but they are giving us one more chance to prove ourselves.

If they want the parade to be of ?Macy?s? caliber, then the truck will not be suitable, so therefore it has not been entered in this year?s parade.

As I mentioned at the meeting, for those thinking of attending the parade please make sure to put forth your best so as to not jepordize YJN's ability to sign-up for this parade next year.

I am now a big maybe on this. Stupid me waited to long to take this day off in the Days off book at McDonalds and they only take the first 5 people. I wrote mine in any way just for the heck of it today as number 7. I kept on forgetting to before. There is a possibility that I will not get scheduled to work Saturday, or if I do I can always try and switch with someone else which is a long shot but either way I will not know until the week before.

At some point I have to re-upload everything joint to our own photo galleries, but right now I think we only have enough server space for 1 copy (can't link like I had hoped to) so we'll have to view things on Excelsior's space for now. But, hey it's free (sorta) so I guess I shouldn't complain.